Re: [RFC PATCH 0/1] making --set-upstream have default arguments

[Philip Oakley <philipoakley@iee.email>]

On 02/12/2021 14:43, Abhradeep Chakraborty wrote:
> To track a upstream branch from a local branch we need to pass
> <repository> and <refspec> to --set-upstream (in case of git push)
> or to --set-upstream-to (in case of git branch). In most cases,
> users track the upstream branch with the same name as the local
> branch they are currently on. For example, users most of the time
> do 'git push <repository> <current_branch_refspec>'.
>
> So, it would be great if 'git push -u' by default do this. This
> patch series address this. The patches of this patch-set set
> some default values for <repository> and <refspec> if they are
> not given. It first tries to get the value of <repository> from
> 'branch.<current_branch>.remote'. If not then it will set the
> value of <repository> as 'origin'. <refspec>'s value would be
> the short name of the current branch.

Can we protect the expectations of a user with a `pushDefault` setting?
If the user has one set, then the upstream won't be where they push in a
triangular repo workflow.

Philip
>
> The first patch implements it for push command. However, before
> moving to the 'git branch' part, it would be great to have
> discussions about the proposed changes in this patch and whether
> the current changes are the best way to address it or not.
>
> Abhradeep Chakraborty (1):
>   push: make '-u' have default arguments
>
>  Documentation/git-push.txt |  6 +++++
>  builtin/push.c             | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
>  t/t5523-push-upstream.sh   | 11 +++++++++
>  3 files changed, 53 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>